title: [The Support System for Diabetic Patients at Home with Bi-Directional IT Communication].
abstract: The present study analyzed the effects of bi-directional IT communication on the purpose of preventing diabetes progression and to reduce a caregiver burden. Diabetic patients were informed of the nature and purpose of the study before giving their voluntary consents to participate in the study. For the period of 12 weeks, a diabetic patient and his caregiver were communicated with a nurse through the TV telephone for 30 minutes once a week. Medical staff checked the list of weight change, compliance check, exercise habit, and attached pictures of the plate with a diabetic patient through the TV telephone in real time. We encouraged a diabetic patient to eat properly based on the diet record. The 12-week TV telephone communication resulted in the body weight decrease and HbA1c. There was a consciousness change about their daily eating habit. In the present study, the 12-week TV telephone communication once a week might be useful as an auxiliary therapy for changing a bad daily habit to a good daily habit for a diabetic patient at home.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Human Health Sciences, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University.
authors.forename: Masakazu
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kubota
authors.forename: Kiminori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Hosoda
authors.forename: Kyoko
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Eguchi
authors.forename: Yuki
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Nishijima
authors.forename: Kazuwa
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Nakao
authors.forename: Ayae
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kinoshita
mesh_terms: D003920:Diabetes Mellitus / Q000628:therapy*; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D010817:Physician-Patient Relations; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires; D013685:Telecommunications / Q000295:instrumentation